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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 26, 2026Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT for Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Destructive
Hail
3.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1997 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 26, 1:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 1:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMarion50 min
Apr 26, 7:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion56 min
Apr 26, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion56 min
Apr 26, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union62 min
Apr 26, 3:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union66 min
Apr 26, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell, Ouachita61 min
Apr 26, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln41 min
Apr 26, 4:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWebster63 min
Apr 26, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster45 min
Apr 26, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln38 min
Apr 25, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward28 min
Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard41 min
Apr 25, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard48 min
Apr 25, 11:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Nevada58 min
Apr 25, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead45 min
Apr 25, 11:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada56 min
Apr 25, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead52 min
Apr 26, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada65 min
Apr 26, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead3 hr
Apr 26, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union65 min
Apr 26, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Union67 min
Apr 26, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead, Little River44 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.